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Northleach Tourist Information & Travel Guide

The Cotswold town of Northleach in Gloucestershire is located at an important crossroads, just off the roman road, the Fosse Way (A429) 10 miles north-east of Cirencester and 10 miles south-west of Stow-on-the-Wold. Northleach was at one time a great market town, celebrated throughout Europe as a major centre for the Cotswold wool trade. The fifteenth-century church of St Peter and St Paul, paid for by the wealth wool merchants, was built with stone dug from the quarry in the town itself and what is now the Market Square.

The Cotswold Town of Northleach
Northleach church is beautifully embellished with carved stonework and it contains the best of all Cotswold churches memorial brasses depicting its benefactors, some of whom are shown standing on the woolsacks and sheep that made them so rich. The town of Northleach

The modest size of the town of Northleach belies its former importance. The Abbey of Gloucester owned the area from AD 800, granting the town a charter in 1220 to hold a weekly market. The town was transformed by the wool trade and in 1340 to 1540 it flourished as the centre of a large sheep-rearing area.

Northleach has long been linked with transport and in about AD300 the Salt Way trade route came through the town, used for carrying salt by packhorse from salt mines at Droitwich to the River Thames at Lechlade and the on to London. During the age of coach travel it was a centre for changing horses and refreshing passengers on the London to Gloucester route.

ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND NORTHLEACH

Northleach town entry signThe Wyvern Mysteries (1999) was part filmed at Northleach - Based on a 19th Century writer JS Le Fanu, about a young girl brought up by the man responsible for her fathers death. She falls in love with his eldest son. Starred: Derek Jacobi, Jack Davenport.

Touring by car - Cirencester, Stow-on-the-Wold, Bourton-on-the-Water, Chastleton House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Chedworth Roman Villa, Painswick, Sudely Castle at Winchcombe, Broadway, Chipping Campden, Burford and Bibury, Hidcote Gardens, Rollright Stones.

Walking - the area is a walkers paradise with many beautiful walks across open Cotswold countryside.

Relaxing and enjoying the slower pace of life and indulging in the English passion for tea and cream cakes in the many tea shops in the nearby villages and ancient towns whilst soaking up the ambience of the 16th and 17th centuries.

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13th Century Cotswolds Coaching Inn 4 miles from Burford and 5 miles from Stow-on-the-Wold B&B and Restaurant

Luxurious home and gardens offering top class accommodation and food. Close to Stratford upon Avon '..BY FAR THE BEST holiday cottage we have ever been to' - With amazing views down the Golden Valley Old Cotswolds Inn at Broadway - Jewel of the Cotswolds. Providing good accommodation and restaurant.
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Superior Self-Catering in recently converted 18th century barn in a quiet private lane close to the market square of Stow-on-the-Wold. 16th century Tudor Manor House near Stratford-upon-Avon offering excellent bed and breakfast in 3 acres of landscaped gardens

4 Star B&B a few minutes walk from the Little Venice of the Cotswolds - Bourton-on-the-Water

Beautiful newly built Cottage in a courtyard setting to a high standard offers contemporary style in the heart of historic Minchinhampton.

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A listed period cottage, part of one of Minchinhampton's most significant terraces formerley connected to the Gatcombe Park Estate

Beautiful cosy cottage by the river Windrush and all the amenities that Bourton-on-the-Water village has to offer

Beautiful traditional stone house surrounded by stunning countryside close to Cotswold Way Walk Exceptional High Standard 300 year old mellow stone traditional Cotswold Inn overlooking the Windrush Valley with great accommodation, food and drink
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